Hi Sean, No other version installed that I know of ... this install/configuration has been working since I set up this machine, then suddenly quit working when the December 18 system updates got posted. Pidgin's filetransfer with Jabber has never worked, but that isn't a big deal.
I'm planning on upgrading to 8.10, it's just that things got whirlwind-busy and I haven't had the time to even set up and configure our new NAS, let alone do new installs. But "install a new OS" shouldn't (in my book anyway) be the solution to "this application quit working two weeks ago". And it's more annoying that it works on the same equipment through virtualbox with a newer version of Ubuntu and Pidgin. I guess one way to see if it's 7.10 specifically would be to make a new virtualbox install for 7.10 and see if Pidgin works or not (except the "no time" factor makes that tough). It's got to be something between Pidgin and Jabber, though, because the Yahoo accounts connect just fine, no SSL errors. Thanks for the input! t. On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 00:41 -0600, Sean Burns wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:53:31PM -0600, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > No real solution that I can see, but at least awareness of the > > issue is out there. > > You don't by chance happen to have another version of Pidgin > installed on that machine? Stumbled across this weird > (dis)similar thread: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-579912.html > > Found this also, under the section titled "Setup Jabber" > > "Note: Pidgin is installed by default in Ubuntu, but lacks good > support for the Jabber protocol, if you plan on using Jabber for > more than just chatting (filetransfer, for example), you are > recommended to use a dedicated Jabber client, such as Gajim, PSI > (Qt) or Gossip" > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jabber > > If you're just using the Jabber protocol, Gajim looks neat. > > Other option might be to do a purge remove? > > Other other option might be to update Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04? I'm > sure you have your reasons for hanging on to 7.10, but it does > lose support in a few months. 8.04 is a LTS, so that's good. Did > you try Pidgin on 8.04 already? > > Good luck, > Sean --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
